- Date
- August 4, 1984, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Thousand Oaks, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGEipper Quicksilver MX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24420
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During a takeoff climb, the ultralight collided with a power line & crashed. The plt stated that he did not see the wires until impact; nor was he aware of their presence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Eipper Quicksilver MX (QUICKSILVE)
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 180
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430R, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Registered owner
- Ed. H. Krull
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1983
- Airport
- Private Strip
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 140 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Observed at
- OXR, 15 nm away